Movie Description
The Leather Pushers
(1940)Overview
A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle prize. He later regrets his actions, however, when the boxer becomes an honest champion.
Featured Crew
- Director : John Rawlins
- Producer : Ben Pivar
- Writer : Ben Chapman,Larry Rhine,Maxwell Shane
- Editor : Arthur Hilton
- Cast : Richard Arlen,Andy Devine,Astrid Allwyn,Douglas Fowley,Charles D. Brown,Shemp Howard,Horace McMahon,Charles Lane,Wade Boteler,George Lloyd,Eddie Gribbon,Frank Mitchell,Reid Kilpatrick,Ben Alexander,Al Bain,Bobby Barber,Noble 'Kid' Chissell,John Dilson,Frances Morris
Cast
Dick 'Kid' Roberts
Andy Adams
Pat Danbury
Slick Connolly
J.R. Stevens
Sailor McNeill
Slugger Mears
Henry 'Mitch' Mitchell
Fight Commissioner Dunlap
Joe Johnson
Pete Manson
Grogan's Manager
Ringside Commentator
Dan Brown, Announcer
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Facts
Original TitleThe Leather Pushers
Status Released
Release Information
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1940-09-13
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 04m
Production CompaniesUniversal Pictures
Genres
- Comedy
- Adventure
